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You make the assumption that China's numbers are accurate. Given the obfuscatory nature of mandatory cremations and a ban on funerals, it's hard to imagine that
by totalZero 7y ago
You make the assumption that China's numbers are accurate. Given the obfuscatory nature of mandatory cremations and a ban on funerals, it's hard to imagine that China has been forthright about the statistics on its domestic outbreak.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/china-virus-funeral-order-fuels-upset-death-toll-exceeds-sars-200209010139644.html https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/china-virus-funeral-o...
- kebman 7y agoYou're probably right, though even if one million Chinese are infected (the official number is stell less than 100k), this still means that only about 0.7 per mille of the entire Chinese population are infected. The chance of contracting it even if you're in an outbreak area is still pretty small.